Better Business Bureau Recognizes Gardline Comms, Inc with 2013 Winner of Distinction Award
Sunday, May 12th, 2013
Gardline Comms, Inc. (G COMM) received the Award for Excellence, Winner of Distinction at the Better Business Bureau Awards for Excellence luncheon held Wednesday, May 8 at the Westin Galleria. G COMM has maintained an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau for six years in a row. This was the second year in a row for the company to be recognized by the BBB for service excellence. The BBB Awards for Excellence recognizes businesses and non-profits for their achievements and commitment to overall excellence and quality in the workplace. Wh... ... Read more
2013 is forecasted to be a very busy hurricane season.
Sunday, April 14th, 2013
Every year the hurricane experts at Colorado State University, Philip Klotzbach and William Gray, issue forecast for the upcoming hurricane season. This year they are forecasting an above average season. They cite the unusual warming of the tropical Atlantic for this early in the year, and conditions unfavorable for the development of El Nino as contributing factors for their predictions. The El Nino condition in the Pacific tends to create winds flowing east that hinder the development of hurricanes. With warmer waters in the Atlantic and the... ... Read more
G COMM is pleased to announce that it is now an Authorized Globalstar Dealer
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
G COMM, a tier 1 service provider of satellite equipment and airtime for Iridium and Inmarsat, is pleased to add Globalstar equipment and airtime to our product line. Globalstar Satellite phones are the smallest, lightest satellite phones on the market. These phones are as easy to use as a cell phone, offer excellent call quality, and convenient calling features. Globalstar phones come with a standard US phone number so there are no complicated dialing sequences to remember. Globalstar has just launched the last of its’ second generation sat... ... Read more
G COMM to sell off it's rental fleet - Offers Iridium 9555 Satellite Phones for $750 each
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Gardline Comms, Inc., (G COMM) is offering ex-rental phones for $750 each. G COMM is committed to keeping the most up to day rental fleet of anyone in the business, so every year about this time we sell off many of the phones used throughout the year in our rental fleet. The phones are all tested to ensure that they are functioning to manufacturer’s specs., and most appear brand new. They all include a complete compliment of accessories. G COMM offer a minimum 90 day repair or replacement warranty on all phones sold under this offer.As part of ... ... Read more
Better Business Bureau Recognizes Gardline Comms, Inc with 2012 Winner of Distinction Award
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
Gardline Comms, Inc., (G COMM) received the 2012 Winner of Distinction award at the Better Business Bureau Awards for Excellence luncheon held Wednesday, May 2nd at the InterContinental Houston Near the Galleria. This was G COMM’s third time to be recognized by the BBB for service excellence The BBB Awards for Excellence recognizes businesses and non-profits for their achievements and commitment to overall excellence and quality in the workplace. When asked what it means to G COMM to receive this recognition, Rick Henegar, Vice Presiden... ... Read more
Extended Range Forecast Of Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and Landfall Strike Probability for 2012
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
The team of experts from Colorado State University headed by Dr. William Gray and Phil Klotzbach are predicting that the 2012 hurricane season will be less active then last year.This forecast is based on a new extended-range early April statistical prediction scheme that utilizes 29 years of past data. They anticipate a somewhat below-average Atlantic basin hurricane season due to a combination of an anomalously cool tropical Atlantic and the potential development of El Niño. Coastal residents are reminded that it only takes one hurricane makin... ... Read more
Hurricane Season Begins in 30 Days
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Review your communication plans Now is the time to review your business continuity or emergency response communication plans. If your plans don’t include a satellite communication package and relies on land or cellular communication you may find yourself unable to connect when the storm hits, and for many days or weeks afterward. Experience with Katrina, Ike, Irene and others have taught us that those services have been seriously compromised by hurricanes and other natural disasters. Communications after the storm During times of disas... ... Read more
Iridium to Recall Extreme 9575 Handsets
Monday, April 30th, 2012
Last week Iridium announced a stop shipment notification on all Iridium Extreme model 9575 handsets with no specific details. Iridium has now provided the following update.A mechanical element on the antenna stem that triggers a deployment sensor has insufficient tolerances which is leading to instances of the sensor not working as designed. They have traced the problem to a vendor manufacturing process and have worked with this vendor to stop the issue from occurring in future production. This issue is isolated to the Iridium Extreme and doe... ... Read more
Easy Tweeting with Iridium
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Twitter now directly supports Iridium as a mobilecarrier, allowing Iridium satellite phone users to send tweets straight to Twitter using SMS. This means no more intermediary solutions and a simplified set?up. This is a great way for your customers to stay connected and an easy way to increase SMS usage by providing these four?step instructions on your website and as part of your training: Login to your Twitter account: Go into your Twitter account settingsSelect "Mobile" settingsIn the "Country/region" list, scroll to the end where satell... ... Read more
Introducing Iridium Extreme
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
The future of satellite phones has arrived. Now GPS Enabled and with a number of industry firsts... The First Military-Grade Satellite Phone - Built to rigid military standards for resistance to shock, vibration, dust and more The First IP65 Rated Satellite Phone - Making it the most water resistant satellite phone on the market The First Satellite Phone with a Dedicated SOS Button - Press the button and your location is sent to pre-programmed destinations The phone is thinner, lighter and more rugged then the already compact 955... ... Read more
Iridium Plans Updated
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
We have recently extended our Iridium plans; most of which are pre-paid minute plans. For a full list please see below. Monthly Account The user pays a monthly subscription fee and is billed for the airtime used each month. The monthly subscription fee is $38.50 per month with a of 12 month contract. No activation fee. Airtime charges of $1.25 per minute for outgoing calls to land and cellular phone. Iridium to Iridium calls are $0.65 per minutes. SMS (text messages) are $0.42 per message. Calls to other satellite systems are $10.00 per... ... Read more
Inmarsat Phone and Terminal Calls From Skype
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Skype can now be used to make calls to Inmarsat’s IsatPhone Pro as well as BGAN, FleetBroadband and Mini M terminals. Rates start at just from just €1.80/$2.62/£1.64 per minute - connection fees apply. Skype is free to download and works on a host of operating platforms. Skype can even be used to call from your mobile phone to an Inmarsat phone or terminal using a ‘Skype To Go' number. The low Skype call rates mean that staying in touch with friends, family or colleagues on their satellite phone or terminal is now easier ever. For ... ... Read more
FREE ONSATMAIL Compression E-Mail for Satellite Phones
Monday, April 18th, 2011
G COMM is pleased to offer a new and effective e-mail compression service free to its customers. This means that you will be able to save $'s when sending simple e-mails. Previous tests using Iridium indicated sending a simple e-mail and receiving another (both without attachments) via Outlook took 2 minutes and 40 seconds but only 50 seconds with our compression service. Over the course of the year this would save you considerable amounts of airtime. The compression e-mail solution also has the additional benefit of reducing time out pro... ... Read more
Iridium SMS Balance Check Alert
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
G COMM are pleased to advise that Iridium now offers SMS balance check, providing the ability for customers using prepaid e-vouchers to send a balance enquiry via an SMS to 2888 in order to receive their current status for no charge. This feature has been created in response to customers who have asked for a visual way to see their number of minutes and days remaining before their e-vouchers expire as an alternative to the current voice-based balance check system. The voice-based system will continue to be available and both will be offered at ... ... Read more
Iridium 9555 or IsatPhone Pro - Which Phone is right for me
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Prior to June of 2010, if you wanted a globally functioning satellite phone your only real choice was the Iridium 9555. June 2010 is when Inmarsat rolled out its' new IsatPhone Pro satellite phone. Since that time the consumer has been faced with deciding between the two apparently similar products. While the end results of each are the same, a phone call from point A to point B, how the phones accomplish that task is different. When trying to decide between the Iridium 9555 and the IsatPhone Pro, it is important to understand how e... ... Read more
